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posthumous

adjective

post·​hu·​mous ˈpäs-chə-məs How to pronounce posthumous (audio)
 also  -tə-,
-tyə-,
-thə-;
päst-ˈhyü-məs,
ˈpōst-,
-ˈyü- How to pronounce posthumous (audio)
1
: born after the death of the father
2
: published after the death of the author
3
: following or occurring after death
posthumous fame
posthumousness noun

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The etymology of the word posthumous tells a complex story. In Latin, posterus is an adjective meaning "coming after" (from post, meaning "after"). The comparative form of posterus is posterior, and its superlative form is postumus, which means, among other things, "last." Postumus had specific application in referring to the last of a man's children, which in some cases meant those born after he had died. Latin speakers incorrectly identified the -umus in this word with humus, meaning "dirt" or "earth" (suggesting the ground in which the unfortunate father now lay). The Latin spelling became posthumus, as if the word were formed from post and humus, and both the "h" and the suggestion of "after burial" or "after death" carried over into English.

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Where does posthumous come from?

Readers who are looking for the origins of the word posthumous may be interested to know that it is an example of a folk etymology. A folk etymology involves the respelling or changing of an unfamiliar word (often one borrowed from another language) to make it resemble an unrelated but better-known word or words. The classic example in English is cockroach, which was formed by substituting the English words cock (the name of a bird) and roach (the name of a fish) for the similar-sounding but totally unrelated Spanish word for a bug, cucaracha.
Posthumous comes from the Latin posthumus, which is itself an alteration of postumus ("born after the father's death"). It is thought that the word humus (meaning "dirt, earth" in Latin) was substituted for -umus in the mistaken belief that the word's final element had something to do with the soil in a grave.

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Example Sentences

She received a posthumous award for her life of philanthropy. the soldier was awarded a posthumous medal for valor
Recent Examples on the Web Villa, a San Francisco artist who for decades shaped generations of artists as a professor at the San Francisco Art Institute, is now the subject of a posthumous, two-part retrospective that draws belated attention to his work. Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2022 Michael Jackson's estate and Sony Music have reached a settlement with an accuser alleging three songs on the King of Pop's posthumous album in 2010 didn't use Jackson's vocals. Elise Brisco, USA TODAY, 11 Aug. 2022 Gruen became a tireless champion of her work and legacy, and a 1971 posthumous retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art in Mexico drew crowds. New York Times, 24 Sep. 2021 In February, some 60 of his works will go on view in his first posthumous retrospective, at Atlanta’s High Museum of Art. Amy Crawford, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Jan. 2021 Jeffrey Wright got one of those while Chadwick Boseman picked up a posthumous nomination. Joe Otterson, Variety, 12 July 2022 Though far more than a straightforward posthumous tribute, Hsu’s account is structured around the violent murder of his close college friend Ken in 1998, the summer before their senior year at Berkeley. Claire Messud, Harper’s Magazine , 17 Aug. 2022 In 1953, the Pasadena Art Institute held a posthumous retrospective of her work, which is also in the collection of the Orange County Museum of Art. Natasha Gural, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2022 The Walk of Fame honor is the latest posthumous achievement for Hussle, who was shot and killed in 2019. Kenan Draughorne, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Latin posthumus, alteration of postumus late-born, posthumous, from superlative of posterus coming after — more at posterior

First Known Use

1608, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Time Traveler
The first known use of posthumous was in 1608

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